Dawson has just released his newest album '2020', so the Quietus had asked him to name his favourite albums. It's a diverse selection containing some classics like Nina Simone, and then there's Mongolian band Huun Huur Tu about men hunting with eagles, because - "so many musicians are posers, which is fine, but I never […]
RS says it goes from the Beatles to Nas and beyond, and it's actually much broader than that, and not that much classic rock at all. A lot of, well relatively, it's still the Rolling Stone, hip-hop, pop music, indie rock. Good list, all in all, and a good starting point to get into musicians' […]
Pitchfork likes their indie rock and (selected) pop musicians, so the selection of the best albums of the last 10 years (2019 is not over yet, right!?!) mirrors that philosophy. Check it out here. As for the best songs of 2010s, a lot of artists absent from the albums list found their place at the […]
"I bought over 500 albums from 2016... and if I list my favourite albums now, most of them were released in 2016" - British comedian James Acaster writes in his new book 'Perfect Sound Whatever', and names Beyonce's 'Lemonade', Frank Ocean's critically-acclaimed 'Blonde', Kanye West, Radiohead, David Bowie's final studio album 'Blackstar', and some much […]
Malian musician Oumou Sangaré, the "Songbird of Wassoulou music" made a list of her 13 favourite albums for the Quietus. It's a list made mostly of relatively unknown African music, and interesting, worth checking out, and some well known names. It goes from Miriam Makeba ("exemplary, a woman fighting to change things that were unjust […]
It's mostly albums we wrote about, some we didn't, but it's all albums worth checking out. PopMatters made it easier with links to Bandcamp and YouTube profiles/videos.
Spin made a charming list of 30 best disco songs, all from 1970s and beginning of 1980s. It goes from 16-minutes Italian disco epic 'Hills of Katmandu' by Tantra to Clash's 'Magnificent Dance'.
It goes from Hot Chip to Vampire Weekend, it covers a lot of ground, but it lacks some outstanding British music - Slowthai, Little Simz, Dave, Maverick Sabre, and generally some leftfield music - Spelling, The Comet Is Coming, Bibio, Aldous Harding, Holly Herndon, to nema a few, but still it's a good starting point […]
Consequence of Sound covered pop punk with a selection of 100 best bands in the genre. Green Day is at No. 1. Surprised? Of course not. The fun lies in exploring the remaining 99...
There’s a multitude of talent from UK that’s come through in the last decade or so, in the process taking metal music to new places and onto the playlists of new listeners. From ethereal prog to the extremes of death metal, Loudwire lists 11 bands defining the U.K.’s metal scene in 2019. It's: Architects, Blood […]
25 years after Kurt Cobain's death, Rolling Stone counts down the 50 greatest grunge albums, from multi-platinum classics to underground essentials.
A lot in between Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' and Sleep's 'The Sciences'. Loudwire...
Stereogum picks 5 best songs of the week, and 5 best videos of the week.
